Release : Rachel Calladine - Life, Love & Gossip
Artist : Rachel Calladine
Album : Life, Love & Gossip
Genre : R&B
Source : CDDA
Label : Kwerk
URL : http://www.kwerk.net
Date : 2006-03-20
Quality : VBRkbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 12
Time : 57:34 min
Size : 86 MB
1 Sunshine 5:25
2 Higher 4:16
3 Aint Got Enough Love 5:54
4 Changes 4:16
5 I Believe 4:17
6 Through Your Eyes 5:29
7 With You 4:02
8 Picking You Up 4:39
9 Liar 4:52
10 Be Free 5:09
11 Let Him Go 4:23
12 Fantasy 4:52
2006 sees Kwerk back in the mix with a jazzed up, soul tinged offering from
LondonÆs best-kept secret, Rachael Calladine. Fresh off the sizzling response
garnered from KwerkÆs debut release, æNicci Cheeks Presents Hip Hop Love JazzÆ,
Geoff WilkinsonÆs (Us3 fame) label, up the ante by delivering a fine slice of
quality music with, æLife, Love and GossipÆ.
Produced by Geoff Wilkinson, æLife, Love and GossipÆ unravels twelve eclectic
tracks of pure late night listening bliss. RachaelÆs sings an exciting mix of
Jazz, Latin and more contemporary Soul/R&B. From the lush, feel good opening of
æSunshineÆ to the glorious swoons of æFantasyÆ, the album takes you on RachaelÆs
personal journey through love and life.
æLife, Love and GossipÆ explores the more soulful side of jazz and delivers
music with a razor sharp edge. The songs are a delicate balance of sweet
melodies and snazzy production but the real essence of the album lies in
RachaelÆs tender, sultry vocals.
Rachael began singing professionally at the age of 17 with local Dixieland jazz
groups and an 18-piece big band. This baptism of fire gave her a wide repertoire
of jazz material and she soon started writing original material, which in turn
led to a broadening out of RachaelÆs taste and a move into more soul-based
writing and performing.
A short spell working as a nurse left her with a desire to gain a wider
experience of life and Rachael joined the Police in her early 20s. She also has
a black belt in the martial art of Sanchou. But the lure of the stage was too
strong, and Rachael left to take up a professional singing career.
In 1999 she became a member of a gospel choir and sang backing vocals for the
Spice Girls last UK tour. Song writing experiments continued, and in 2002 the
song æLa La LiÆ was licensed by influential DJs Gilles Peterson, for his
æWorldwide Vol. 2Æ compilation, and GermanyÆs Rainer Truby, for his æGlucklich
Vol. 5Æ album, and subsequently became a dance floor favourite of jazz DJs
throughout the world.
In September 2004, she joined Geoff WilkinsonÆs hip-hop/jazz group Us3 and went
on to perform over 50 gigs in 14 countries with them over the next twelve
months. This led to writing and recording sessions in GeoffÆs East London
studio, and RachaelÆs debut album æLife, Love and GossipÆ was born.
Whether performing live or flowing through your stereo, RachaelÆs emotive
singing will leave an indelible impression long after the lights have dimmed.
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